Great article in today’s NY Times about the Monaco Megayacht boat show.
Firstly size mattesr – 300 feet is the new 100 feet. Roman Abramovich, multi-kajillionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club is bored with his 3 other megayachts and is building a 520+ feet yacht with two, yes two helicopter pads just in case he needs to land his two choppers at once. His current megayacht has its own sub and is rumored to have its own missile defense system.
You want fries with that? The options are amazing. You want a sub? No not a bloody sandwich. A real submarine that can dive to a 160 feet. What color would you like that in?
Environmentally-conscious? You can have a yacht with a special fiber-glass that looks like wood, sparing the rain forests (isn’t that nice!), has special water recuperators and filters over the engine exhausts. Now if only you could do something about that annoying carbon foot print of the Lear Jet you need to get to your megayacht.
Thirsty? How about a wine cellar to rival a small restaurant?
Enough with the boat porn. Give me my Cape Dory Typhoon any day.